A/N: Did anyone else feel like screaming in excitement during the Double Blind Job? I did. THEY'RE PRACTICALLY CANON NOW! It's sooooooo exciting. So, here's yet another Parker/Hardison one-shot. Hope you enjoy.
Takes place during The Double Blind Job
Who was she to run into Hardison? I mean, what dumb luck. And the way he sat next to her… I forced those thoughts out of my head as I watched them. I had hated people before. But never like this. Later, when Sophie said I was jealous, I didn't believe her. But, looking back, I knew she was right.
Seeing him with her made me so angry… And when she called him "Alec," I felt something inside of me ache. It physically hurt to watch that woman flirt with my Hardison. My? Woah! When did I start thinking of him as mine?
I ignored that thought for now. I could think about it later. Back to the pain. It hurt so much when I saw him take her hands in his. His big, soft, warm hands… I had wondered momentarily if she was prettier than me, panicked. I had never worried about that before, but it was now making me have doubts. So I did the girly thing and put on eye liner. I hated the stuff more than guards but I knew that eye liner made my eyes look nicer. And I wanted them to look nicer. For him.
For a few weeks now, him sitting next to me gave me… weird feelings. I felt… fuzzy. And sparkly. It's hard to describe. And, in the bar, after that woman left, it was much worse. I think it was… nervous? But I didn't get nervous. I tried to tell him that I had feelings for him, I really did. But I couldn't spit out the word "you." It was pathetic, really. I mean, I jump off of forty story buildings with little more than a rope to keep me from death. And yet I can't even mumble a "you." One tiny, three letter word. So, instead of you, I say "pretzels."
I felt dumb. Very, very dumb. Pretzels? Why pretzels? Of all things, I had to say pretzels. But, he got it. Of course he did. Hardison always understood me. He had some sort of magic power that let him understand all my weird thought processes and mumbled words. He told me that pretzels were right there, waiting for me.
I looked at the pretzels, that weird feeling that I think is nervousness washing over me again. And then I looked at him. His eyes… His sweet, brown eyes. His understanding eyes. Eyes that are trying to tell me that he is the pretzels. And, I understand him. He feels the same tingly, floaty feelings I feel. And I feel like I've jumped off a building. The air leaves my lungs, adrenaline pumps its way through my system. I feel happy. Not just happy… Happier than the time Sophie returned. Happier than the time I saved Archie. Happier than the time I got Bunny.
When I looked at him, right then and there, I knew that it was right. We were meant to be. I had never thought I would have feelings about anything other than money before. But now, I liked Hardison more than money. And that made me feel… good. Great, even. I felt like all the bad stuff that had ever happened was gone in that moment that I looked from his eyes to the pretzels. And I knew that, someday soon, we would be happy. Together. And the happy would make up for all of the bad.
And so I beamed at him, too delighted for words. He grinned right back at me and ordered himself an orange soda. We cleaned up the broken bottle and his hand brushed mine gently. I felt shivered at his touch, surprised at his effect on me. He looked at me knowingly, making me blush. He had a way of doing that. All it took was one of his smiles and I felt my insides turn to mush and my face get hot.
The thought "you've got it bad for him," crossed my mind, sounding suspiciously like Sophie. I ignored the thought and discreetly scooted my chair close to his so we just, just touched. We munched the pretzels and talked for a while. I considered my feelings as we sat there and I knew Sophie was right.
Somehow, Hardison had made me feel. And feeling wasn't something I did very often.
A/N: So there's something in Parker's point of view… Next up is Hardison's point of view! And then Sophie and probably Nate. And maybe Eliot if you'd like. Anyways, please review and tell me what you think!